STATE v. BENNETT

16-432.

208 So.3d 898 (2016)

STATE of Louisiana v. Jason BENNETT

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

OPINIONS RENDERED December 7, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Foster DeRosier , District Attorney — 14th Judicial District, Karen C. McLellan , Assistant District Attorney — 14th Judicial District, P. O. Box 3206, Lake Charles, LA 70602-3206, Telephone: (337) 437-3400, COUNSEL FOR: Plaintiff/Appellee — State of Louisiana.

Elizabeth Brooks Hollins , Assistant District Attorney — 14th Judicial District, 901 Lakeshore Drive — Suite 800, Lake Charles, LA 70629, Telephone: (337) 437-3400, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF APPELLEE: State of Louisiana.

Tara B. Hawkins , Chief Felony Prosecutor — 14th Judicial District, 901 Lakeshore Drive — Suite 600, Lake Charles, LA 70602-2142, Telephone: (337) 437-3400, COUNSEL FOR: Plaintiff/Appellee — State of Louisiana.

Brent A. Hawkins , P. O. Box 3752, Lake Charles, LA 70602, Telephone: (337) 210-8811, COUNSEL FOR: Defendant/Appellant — Jason Bennett.

Court composed of Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Chief Judge, Sylvia R. Cooks, and John E. Conery, Judges.


Defendant Jason Bennett was charged by a bill of indictment with one count of vehicular homicide, in violation of La.R.S. 14:32.1. Mr. Bennett pled no contest to the charge and was sentenced to twenty years at hard labor with the Department of Corrections, with eight of those years suspended and five years of supervised...

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